THe WW esTERN FARM LEADER
CO-OPERATION PUBLIC AFFAIRS SOCIAL PROGRESS
VOL. 6. No. 6. ject
CALGARY, ALBERTA, MARCH 2list, 1941
Entered as Second Class Mail Matter at the Post Office, Calgary, Alberta.
FARM ORGANIZATIONS PROTEST NEW WHEAT POLICY
5c a copy; $1.00 a year.
Lengthy Debate on Wheat Policy Is Expected
PROTEST FAILURE
RAISE PRICE WHEN
CUT IN DELIVERIES
Farm Organizations and Leaders -
Express Views on Policy
as Announced
GENERAL DISAPPOINTMENT
Effect of Plan Outlined by Robert
Gardiner — Calls Special
Session U.F.A. Executive
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General disappointment and _ dis-
satisfaction with the Dominion Gov-
ernment’s announced wheat policy
has been expressed by farm organi-
zations and farm leaders in both
Western and Eastern Canada.
Protests have been made by a
number of organizations. ag 0
of the price of 70 cents per bushel,
basis No. 1, Fort William, in view of
heavy reduction in the volume of
wheat of the 1941 crop that may be
delivered, is common to all criticism
offered by farm bodies.
In a preliminary statement in behalf
of the United Farmers of Alberta,
pending the decisions of a_ meeting
of the Executive called by President
Gardiner for Friday, it was stated
that the economic policy of the
Dominion Government seemed to be
shaped ‘‘once more to place on the
shoulders of the Western Canadian
farmer a burden much heavier than
that which the average citizen of
other occupations is called upon to
bear.”’
Gardiner Qutlines Position
In an _ exclusive. interview with
The Western Farm Leader, President
Gardiner stated:
“On Wednesday, Mar¢éh the 12th,
the Hon. J. A. MacKinnon, Minister
of Trade and Commerce, outlined in
the House of Commons the Dominion
Government’s policy in regard to the
marketing of wheat. The main pro-
posals are as follows:
“(a) To limit the delivery of wheat
either to the Wheat Board, on the
open market or otherwise, for the
crop year 1941-42, to 230 million
* bushels.
“(b) To guarantee an initial pay-
ment of 70 cents per bushel, basis one
Northern, F.O.B. Fort William.
‘“(c) To continue to pay storage to
roducers on the same basis as 1940-41
but only on the undelivered portion
of the 230 million bushels.
“‘(d) No change in the processing
tax.
‘‘Provision is made for compensation
to those who voluntarily reduce their
wheat acreage. This part of the
Government’s policy is administered
by the Department of Agriculture un-
der the Minister, the Hon. Jas. G.
Gardiner.
“This part of the policy
follows:
What Farmer Must Do
“It is the intention to make pay-
ment of certain sums per acre on all
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African garrisons.
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few days ago, before the armies from the southeast forced an Italian retreat
beyond Jijiga,
threatening the railway line at Harar which connects with
the only line to the coast—the Djibouti railway. Berbera has since been re-
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go to press, after the capture by our forces of heights dominating the town.
reductions made in wheat sowings in
the Prairie Provinces in 1941 as
compared with 1940, provided the
farmer does certain specified things
with the land.
‘1. If he summerfallows the reduced
wheat acreage or part of it, the Gov-
ernment will pay him $4 an acre for
the reduced wheat acreage which is
black by July Ist, 1941; payments
to be made as soon as possible after
July Ist, 1941.
‘9. If he sows the reduced wheat
acreage or part of it to coarse grains
in the spring or in the case of rye,
in the fall of 1941, on lands not sum-
merfallowed, the Government will
pay him $2 an acre in 1941 as soon as
possible after proof of sowing is
established.
“3. If he sows the reduced wheat
acreage, or part of it, to grass or
clover during 1941, provided the land
has not also been sown to coarse
grain or summerfallowed, the Gov-
ernment will pay him $2 an acre as
soon as possible after proof of sowing
has been established, and an addi-
tional $2 an acre if the same land is
still seeded- down to grass on July
Ist, 1942.
‘4, If he sows reduced wheat acre-
age or part of it which is also sown
to coarse grain, or which is summere
fallowed in 1941, to grass or/and clover
or to rye in 1941, the Government
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It will
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OTTAWA, Mar. 19th.—Revised reg-
ulations dealing with coma pulaery mili-
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Commons yesterday, make single men
and widowers without children, be-
tween the ages of 21 and 465, liable
to call. ,
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DISCUSSION MAY
_LAST TWO WEEKS
IN OTTAWA HOUSE
Strong Differences of Opinion on
Dominion Wheat Policy
Will Be Expressed
WAR EFFORT SCRUTINIZED
Roosevelt Speech Cheers Parlia-
ment— Redoubled Effort Needed
by Countries at War
By M. McDOUGALL
(Special to The Western Farm Leader)
OTTAWA, March 19th.—The
House of Commons is certain to hear
a wide .variety of opinion on the
recently enunciated policy on wheat
when it comes up for debate. This
is readily forecast on what is heard
in the lobbies, The debate may last
it is believed, for a fortnight, and
during that time speakers will express
the full range of opinion from the
belief that too little is being done for
the Western farmer to the stand that
they are being too favorably treated
in comparison with Eastern farmers.
No Appreciable Change Expected
There is little likelihood that when
the legislation is brought down there
will be any appreciable change from
the policy given by the Minister of
Trade and Commerce.
(Details of poliay outlined by Presi-
deft Robt. Gardiner of U.F.A. on
this page— Editor.)
But aside from the disappointment
which will be expressed by a number
of Western members, supported by
petitions of wheat organizations, there
will be complaints from Eastern farm-
ers that not enough consideration is
being given to them on butter, cheese
and bacon production. There seems
to be some uncertainty about how the
bonus system is going to work out in
practise, but there is a fairly general
impression that the net result of the
new policy will be a reduction in the
wheat acreage of from 8 to 9 million
bushels which will bring the acreage
sown to approximately 65 per cent
of the 1940 area.
What observers see in the new plan
is that it is primarily a war measure,
that it is designed to meet an emer-
gency, in which the salient feature is
that by July 3lst next, the end of
the crop ‘year, the carryover will be
about 575 million bushels and that
the Government will be under an
obligation for the guarantee of the
wheat and storage and carrying costs
of nearly 500 million dollars. Whether
the measure will also mean in the
long run the growth of a more balanced
economy in the Prairie Provinces is
another matter—which the future will
decide.
The main measures of this session,
in addition to the wheat policy, are
the war appropriation bill, still being
debated, the budget which is not
being brought down as soon as ex-
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U.S. Oil Shipments to
Japan Show Big Increase
Oil shipments from the U.S. to
Japan have been running about 50
per cent more than a year, ago, said
the New York Times recently. any
American tankers are said to have
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The War and the
Canadian Farmer
An Answer to the Unfair Criticism Today Being Directed
Against Those Who Till the Soil
Below we conclude from our last
issue the address given by E. D.
Brunsden, Sccretary of the Alberta
Federation of Agriculture, before
the annual meeting of the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture in
Toronto.
While we prepare for this time of
the release of foodstuffs t Europe,
it remains that the usu@l markets
for many of the products produced
on our farms have been narrowed
by this war. The prices received by
the farmer for these commodities have
fallen. In our exports of other farm
products the volumes of our shipments
overseas have been increased, but che
prices for these have been keyed to a
reduced British spending power for
foodstuffs, and this also has been a
factor in reducing Canadian net farm
incomes.
It is a paradox that while the
prices he ‘receives for his commodities
are falling, the prices the farmer is
asked to pay for the goods he must
buy to operate his farm have risen—
some of them sharply. The farmer
insists that if he is to continue in
business, some means must be found
of establishing a reasonable degree of
relationship between the values he
receives for what he has to sell, and
the prices of the goods he is forced
THE LESSON IS BEING
LEARNED
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Agriculture today is suffer-
ing from the lack of solidarity.
Because many farmers have’
not seen fit to stick with each
other and support farm organ-
the
and
izations,
power
industry lacks
influence
with
those who control Canada’s
destiny.
Eventually
farmers must
come to the realization that
of
most
their
economic
troubles are due to the cause
mentioned.
|. ALBERTA WHEAT POOL
to buy. Concerning this situation
Charles Dickens. put some words into
the mouth of one of his favorite
characters, Mr. Micawber. Times
have not changed since Mr. Micaw-
ber’s day; there can be no content-
ment in an individual or a community
if ‘‘outgo’”’ persistently exceeds ‘‘in-
come’’, and contentment is one of
the requirements of war-tuned Canada.
Domestic Consumer Must Help
Because the war has given increased
wages and incomes to many, the farmer
maintains that the home consumer of
food-stuffs should not wish to capital-
ize on the low prices. prevailing in
agriculture. It is another paradox
that Canadian prices for farm _ pro-
ducts are nearly always aligned with
those prevailing outside the country.
The domestic consumer must be asked
to help take up some of the ‘“‘slack’’
in the farmer’s price problem by
purchasing his commodities at levels
in line with those of the enhanced
spending power.
he story of the development of
Canadian policies for agriculture is
that such policies are only determined
when the stress of the related events
allows no escape. And even then, the
policies evolved have been insular in
character; they have possessed no
concession to the necessity for the
interlocking in a practical way,of the
various departments of the farm.
The Canadian Federation of Agri-
culture insists there should early be
created a forward-looking national farm
policy embracing the business as a
whole and co-ordinating its component
types of production on an all-Cana-
dian basis. There is-small comfort in
the treatment of a patient for a minor
ailment, when that patient is in
torment through the ravage of a
fearsome disease.
Should Be Partnership
The Federation submits that by
reason of the long-term and collective
experience within its ranks and the
crystallization of farmer opinion it
is capable of achieving, it should be
invited into partnership with the
elected representatives of the Cana-
dian people and the leaders of their
choosing, in the creating of this
national policy for agriculture.
The Federation of Agriculture de-
plores and brands as- vicious. the
philosophy expressing itself in the
adage “the creaking wheel gets the
grease.” It deplores further the
organization and activities of highly
powered “‘pressure groups’. In time
of war the existence and actions of
such groups are held to be despicable.
The farmers are content to advance
their case on the basis of its record—
the part agricultural settlement has
played in the building of the nation;
the assistance rendered on Canadian
farms to Britain and her Allies in the
winning of the 1914-1918 war; the
- part now to be taken by our producers
in the determination of the new peace.
Amid the clamor of the day for
skilled hands wherewith to tool through
machines the implements and_ the
accompaniments of war, the Federation
of Agriculture urges upon the Govern-
ment and the Canadian people, the
need for the retention on our farms of
artisans capable of agricultural pro-
duction,
Conserve for Post-War Period
Along with the need for continued
production of farm commodities now,
it urges too, a consideration of the
enhanced position the farm must
assume in the post-war period. The
farmstead—the land that goes to
make the farm—must be conserved
for the generations to follow our own,
and for the Canada of these succeeding
generations,
It- is axiomatic of Democracy in
action that the governed shall ain,
selves govern, In this period of stress,
and a terwards, some controls with
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March 2ist, 1941
Where Attempt Was Made
_. to Assassinate Envoy
This is the Pera Palace hotel in
Istanbul, where two huge time bombs
exploded in an apparent attempt to
assassinate George W. Rendel, who
has been recalled from his post as
British minister to Bulgaria. Rendel
escaped injury, though three Turks
were killed and several members of
the British party were injured, one
fatally.
respect to the volumes of the market-
ings of specific farm products may be"
necessary. With respect to these
controls the Canadian Federation re-
iterates and emphasizes the opinion
that wherever possible they be self-
imposed by the agricultural fraternity
through the decisions of representa-
tives of its own choice.
The Federation records the opinion
that the investment, the hazards and
the life work involved in the production
of farm products fully justifies an
interest on the part of the producer
in the transporting and assembling
for sale of his products. The producer
of farm commodities, particularly with
respect to that share-of his products
consumed at home, for his own pro-
tection and that of the consumer, has
an unchallengeable right to a reason-
able degree of control over those who
do his marketing. \
Farmers, in their. thousands, have
long given of their best thought and
have contributed financially toward
collective determination and expression
through the media of local and pro-
vincial organizations. More recently
they have gained by the consolidation
of their -opinions and the further
clarifying of their expressions through
the national organization. Fully one-
half—ef-Canada’s 700,000 farm opera-
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Wheat Plan Provides
Chance to Help Boys
in Our Armed Forces |
Farmers Asked to Contribute
Wheat in War Services Cam-
paign—Method Outlined
Six war service organizations are
catering to the comfort and entertain-
ment of Canadian boys in the army,
navy and air force. These organi-
zations are:
Canadian Legion.
Salvation Army.
Knights of Columbus.
Y.M.C.A,
¥.W.C.A.
1.O. AVE.
Services Provided
hours when the men are
these organizations provide
In the
off duty
various services. They provide huts
where the men can forgather, write
letters on stationery. provided for
them, join in singsongs and enter-
tainments, attach themselves to edu-
cational groups, consult with trained
leaders on personal problems, and
caleulated to
raise their
environment
and
enter an
banish homesickness
morale.
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These services
military authorities to be
are considered by the
absolutely
essential. In order to perpetuate
them a drive is being conducted in
the Federation of Agriculture. This
representative voice should engage the
attention of all of the people; it may
well become of substantial value to
our governments.
Bound Up With Canada’s Welfare
The farmers ask that their: spokes-
men be, recognized, heard and _ re-
spected; that their organizations, na-
tional, provincial and local, created
by themselves, be re-appraised. They
urge that the strengthening of these
organizations be not impeded but
encouraged and that these associations
of our tillers of the soil be not con-
sidered solely as “commercial” or
“economic” groups, for the one ideal
that initiated all of them is far deeper
than either of these descriptions.
They ask that their organizations be
interpreted by the public from the
viewpoint of their common objective,
the welfare of Canada, the improve-
ment of farming and the development
of the farmer and his family.
There is no trace of despair in the
character of our farmers, even: though
at this time they be, as we have said,
a type of war refugee. They possess
within themselves the main require-
ments for their own complete recovery
and they know that in the next phase
of Canadian history they will still
be -required to assume their full
part in our country’s progress. The
farplers of Canada seek no _ prefer-
mts. Not one of their requests is
incompatible with the development
of the national life as we all desire
it. They want only consideration and
fairness,
but they ask these—NOW.
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British Housewives Keep
‘Iron Rations”’ in Store
Against Bombers’ Visits
Hints to housewives, contained in
the bulletins issued by the Co-opera-
tive Union News Service ( British)
take on a grim note sometimes in
these days of the Battle of Britain.
Civilians as well as the army must
be prepa ed for invasion, housewives
led, when people may nol
ach the shops, or supplies
ch the stores. For such
every household should
on rations’? of canned
foods; a supply of flour, rice
rane d oatmeal: and, the bulletin conclud-
es, “‘don’l forget to slore water.”’
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Canada to raise 5-1/2 million dollars
Alberta’s share wis $240,000, half of
which will be collected in the northern
section of the province and half in
the south. The motto of the drive
is ‘We cannot let our own boys down.”’
This is a joint undertaking spon-
sored by the Federal Government
under strict regulation and careful
budgeting.
Ask Farmers for Wheat
Appreciating the fact that cash is
somewhat of a searece article under
present conditions on Alberta farms,
the Provincial organization is asking
the farmers for contributions of wheat.
Arrangements have been made _ with
the Wheat Board to accept such
contributions in excess of the quota
of each farmer and without having
the same entered in the farmer’s
permit book.
It is desirable that local organiza-
tions should look after the collections
of wheat, making arrangements to
have trucks go from farm to farm
collecting individual contributions. In
any case, where a farmer has not been
contacted it is suggested that he-take
his contribution personally to the
elevator and inform the agent that the
returns from the wheat are to go to
the Canadian War Services Fund.
A eash ticket will be made out in the
name of the organization and should
be handed to the local committee or
sent to the Canadian War Services
Fund in Calgary or .Edmonton, as
the case may be. ,
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Rationing in Britain and
Germany Compared
With the introductory warning that
it is extremely difficult to make an
exact comparison of food rationing in
Germany and in the United Kingdom,
a study in the latest issue of Foreign
Agriculture states that: in, addition
to fats, meat and sugar, (rationed in
both countries), in Germany bread,
milk and cheese are also rationed—
milk being available only -to children
and nursing or expectant mothers.
Food consumption in the United
Kingdom, moreover, was well up to
normal standards until weil on in 1940,
whereas in Germany supplies of fats,
meat, eggs and fruits have been lim-
ited for several years. On the other
hand, it is stated that food prices
have not risen so much in Germany
as in Britain.
Cut Fat Rations in Italy
Effective March Ist, rations of
edible fats and oils were reduced in
Italy to 14 ounces per person per
month—just half the former ration.
A new: order maintains the same
ration of flour and similar products—
4.4 pounds per month—but restricts
the choice of the individual.
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VOL. 6. CALGARY, MARCH 2list, 1941 No. 6
WHEAT POLICY
The wheat policy announced by the
Dominion Government is most dis-
appointing to the farm people. As
interviews published in this issue make
clear, it falls far short in the judgment
_ of those who are entitled to speak for
agriculture, of meeting the situation
with which the most depressed of all
Canada’s important industries is con-
fronted.
In Great Britain, the governmental
authorities, when introducing any im-
portant new war policy, collaborate
with the sections of the community
which are affected by administrative
or legislative action. In Canada, the
representatives of organized agriculture
should have been asked to collaborate
in the formulation of the wheat policy.
This has not been done. It is not too
late, however. We trust that without
delay the Government. will call the
representatives of agriculture into con-
sultation, postponing action until such
consultation has taken place.
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WAR SERVICES CAMPAIGN
The War Services Campaign out-
lined in this issue provides means by
which the farm people of Canada may
make a most important contribution
to Canada’s war effort. The voluntary
war organizations are giving magnifi-
cent service to the men in all the
armed forces of the Dominion. The
work they are doing, both at home and
overseas, is absolutely indispensable.
We ask our readers to study the plan,
and then make up their minds as to
what contribution they can give to help
those who are today the defenders of
the liberties of us all. ji
TIME TO WAKE UP
It is reported that H. R. MacMillan,
chairman of the Wartime Require-
ments Board for Canada, recently
declared :
“If Canada performed the same
task (as Britain) on a per capita
basis, she would have 600,000 men
in uniform and 1,400,000 men on
war production, with war expendi-
tures amounting to $12,000,000
daily. We are not doing that -
because we haven’t had our backs
to the wall, as Britons have had.”
That is a very serious indictment,
by one of the chief directors of Can-
ada’s war effort, ‘who speaks with the
4
authority which springs from expert
knowledge and experience.
The people of Canada are not as yet
awakened to a realization of the needs
of total war. They have been-told a
good deal about what Canada is doing;
and because many of the figures which
have been made public are in fact
impressive, there has been a tendency
in some quarters to think that the
Dominion is bearing not much less
than a fair share of the burden of the
war. Mr. MacMillan’s statement must
shatter that impression.
We do not doubt that the small
group of overworked Ministers whose
special task it is to administer the
departments most concerned with our
activities in the war, are giving of
their best, nor that that best is in
several cases very good indeed.. Much
of the badgering to which they have
been subjected has been pointless and
irritating; though there are a few
members in the ranks of opposition
groups who have offered needed criti-
cism which is constructive and should
be helpful. On the whole, however,
we can forgive the Ministers for an
occasional loss of patience.
But if the Canadian: people and their
representatives in Parliament realized
what is at stake—and in this conflict
everything of value is at stake—there
would be less pettifogging criticism.
Instead there would be an overwhelm-
ingly powerful demand for a speeding
up in every field of war activity.
What the British people can do, we
can do if we have the will to do it.
Upon the engendering of the will to
total effort may depend our survival
as a free people.
* *
Mr. MacMillan had other significant
things to say. This for instance:
“We might as well realize that the
old order is gone, that the new condi-
tions are already here. No man owns
his property or his job. All are at the
service of the state. Labor must see
that it cannot retain or extend its social
gains except by the fruits of increased
production—by an earned victory. The
same applies to the property owner
and the capitalist. There should be
no such thing as protecting any one
locality, any one Province, any. class against the results
of this war, even if our Alli
- vietory.’
With that ceteenh of Mr. MacMillan’s we are in
general agreement. But we do not think it is tite
roe oi We should like to add that, if Canada is
es win an early, clear-cut —
March 21st, 1941 °*
EMBATTLED ISLAND:
From every headland of the sea-girt island,
From every tower, from every bay and
bight,
The eyes of Britain peer into the darkness
To meet—and match—the foeman’s
boasted might!
The ghosts of warriors who wrought
Britain’s glory |
Stalk through the night—awnsléeping,
unafraid;
From shop and street their sons ‘in anger
muster—
A wall of steel around their isle
arrayed! :
From sweet green hills, from hamlets
deeply hidden,
The eyes of Britain search the lowering
sky—
The ancient valor in each bosom burning, —
_ Proud of its birthright—not afraid to
die! -
And on the outposts of the empire high-
ways
Britons stand guard at all the ocean
gates—
Gibraltar, Aden, M alta—each granite
rampart
In stern and silent menace, bravely -
waits!
The sea’s strong arms enfold this island
fortress,
Its deep bed strewn with wrecks of
other foes!
And every lashing wave shouts loud the
challenge:
“The bones of each invader shall lie
low with those.” |
O, stormy headlands of embatiled Britain,
O, smiling hamlets in her peaceful
vales;
O, brave hearts waiting for the —_
onset,
Strike, fiercely as your own uncon-
quered gales!
Each dawning comes a ship from far
horizons .
Bearing your sons, in haste to share
your zést!
These sons have looked into bright eyes
of danger
And will irl back the foe at your
behest!
So, take new courage you who are em-
battled!
We live—or die—beside you in this
hour;
From every throbbing pulse of earth and
ocean
Your very soul drinks deep. its con-
_ (quering power!
BERT HUFFMAN
Delburne, Alta.
attain to maximum efficiency as a factor in the war, no
great primary industry can be allowed to languish.
And, as Ernest. Bevin, J. B. Priestley, and others have
insisted in behalf of their British countrymen, the re-
moval of unwarranted grave inequalities in our own
country must. itself be recognized as a part of the
means to Victory itself. ZA
To paraphrase the nae ‘abies we patel in our last
issue from an influential British publication:
“Our plan for a New is not something outside
the war, or something “ ihe war. It is an essential
part of our war he New Canada is the country
we are fighting
March 2lst; 1941
United States Wheat |
Exports Remain Small
United States wheat exports, incfud-
ing flour as grain, during July January
1940-41 totalled 22,279,000 bushels as
compared with 35,817,000 bushels and
61,946,000 bushels, respectively, in the
corresponding months of 1939-40 and
1938-39, states Foreign Crops and
Marketsissued by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
Very Heavy Decline.
The greater part of the wheat
shipped by the United States this
season has been in the form of flour,
about 16 million bushels, of which 12
million bushels represented flour made
wholly of United States wheat. Ex-
ports of wheat as grain have amounted
to slightly less than 6 million bushels;
in July-January 1938-39 they consti-
tuted 75.6 per cent of the total ex-
pone: or nearly 47 million bushels.
n the comparable period of 1939-40,
exports of wheat as' grain had fallen
off and totalled less than 16 million
bushels, but they still represented
nearly half of the total wheat and
flour exported by the United States.
3.5 Million to British Isles
Of the wheat exported from the
United States during July-January,
about 3.5 million bushels were destined
for the British Isles this season as
compared with 3.1 and 19.2 mullion
bushels, respectively, in 1939-40 and
1938-39. Less than 1 million bushels
have gone to other European markets;
the total for all Europe was less than
5 million bushels as compared with
18 million in the corresponding period
of 1939-40 and 44 million bushels in
July-January 1938-39.
Exports to the Latin American
countries have also been somewhat
LUMBER and
CEDAR POSTS
You have listened to our
hockey broadeasts during the
long winter nights. Through
the medium of the radio, we
have tried to show you good
hockey.
Now may we show you good
lumber? |
We invite you to our yards
to inspect our stock. We also
invite you to compare our prices
with your local yard’s.
We are prepared to give
you a delivered price on all
your requirements, any-
where in Alberta. Our
trucks will deliver right
to your house.
Our stock comes from our
own timber limits at PARSON,
B.C. There is no bettergfir,
pine or spruce than material
we can supply you.
We cut the tree, manu-
facture the lumber and sell
direct to the customer for
less.
T. ALTON & SONS
CALGARY BRANCH
Opposite Old Public Market
418 - 3rd Avenue East
Phone R2975
OKOTOKS BRANCH
One block west of C.P.R. depot.
Phone 14
he IRD. ge
THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
Subscribe for Members |
Stavely U.F.A. Local has sent in
subscriptions to The Western Farm
Leader a8 21 members. W. Freeland
Wilford, secretary, announces that
there will be other subscriptions to
follow. This is one of a number of
Locals which are. subscribing for
their members.
reduced, -but amounted to almost
6 million bushels as against about 7
million during July-January of the
two previous seasons. The only mar-
kets to .which larger quantities of
United States wheat have been sent
this year are found in China, Man-
churia,; and Japan, and these came
under the Government subsidy pro-
gram, which until October 8th, 1940,
covered such exports from the Pacific
Coast ports.
Prior to the outbreak of the present
war, European markets took at least
two-thirds of the wheat exported by
the United States. This season, suc
exports have accounted for only 20
per cent of the total. Shipments to
the Latin American markets have
represented nearly 27 per cent as
against 20 per cent in jaly-danuary
of last season and 12 per cent in the
corresponding period of 1938-39. The
Orient’s percentage share of the total
is more than 33 per cent this year as
against 11 and 5 per cent, respec-
tively, in July-January of 1939-40
and 1938-39.
2)
ail
A lot of interest, amusement and a
five dollar prize, ‘all added to the after-
noon request program over CJCJ at
4 o’clock, has created a big mail pull
and some most interesting art dis-
closures.. Listeners were asked to send
in their idea of a Doodlebug, ‘‘Two
Little Doodlebugs’ being the theme
song of the program; and originality
and imagination has run riot.
program is directed by Uncle Jim,
and the art work is all tacked up
behind his desk so that any visiting
listeners can see the kind of compe-
tition they are evolving. A prize of
five dollars is to be awarded at the
i
-~ The Progressive
Station of the West
Ir:
®
end of the month to the most original
conception of what a doodle bug
ought to. be.
Another daily program creating an
immense amount of interest and replies
is the Puzzle Club at 6:30 each week
day evening. On this program the
listeners are asked some simple homely
question, such as for instance, ‘‘How
many nails are there in five pounds of
blued shingle nails?’”’ and supported
by a sponsor a five dollar prize is
a daily to the nearest or the
correct guess. The listeners are allowed
one week in each contest to get their
answers to CJCJ, and the manage-
ment’s award is final.
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OTTAWA LETTER
(Continued from page 1)
pected, the estimates of ordinary
expenses of the Government, and
possibly the St. Lawrence Waterway
agreement.
(The agreement was signed Wednes-
day in Washington and Ottawa. Rati-
fication by Congress and Parliament
is necessary.— Editor.)
Call to Redoubled Effort
A much more cheerful spirit is in
evidence in Parliament since the
passage of the Lend Lease Bill, and
the unequivocal declaration of the
President of the United States that
he intends to help Britain and the
other democracies to the utmost of
his country’s capacity. But here,
as in Britain, this encouraging atti-
tude of the great republic is considered
as a call to redoubled efforts on the
part of the countries at war. With
the increased pressure of the submarine
campaign, Parliament is urging that
Canada’s work in the production of
ships should be geared to. the highest
possible pitch.
The Minister of" Munitions and Sup-
ply; Mr. Howe, has told the House
that his Department is encouraging
(85) 5
THE
WHEAT SITUATION
Every farmer will be studying details
of the new government wheat policy to see
what changes in his seeding programme can
be most suitably made.
One thing remains unaltered. To the
extent that customers of United Grain Grow-
ers Limited are able to deliver wheat, they
will want to continue doing business with
this farmers’ Company.
They will also want to be sure that all
1940 wheat is disposed of before new quotas
begin to be effective for 1941 wheat.
company is building extensive temporary stor-
age at the head of the lakes in order to make
that possible.
Let your U.G.G.
just what old wheat you have left and when
you expect to deliver it. That will help him
plan for your accommodation.
UNITED GRAIN GROWERS, LTD.
the work to the utmost. The Minister
for Air, Mr. Power, has been en-
couraging on the outlook for the
supply of aircraft for the joint training
scheme. The supply of planes for
elementary training has been and is
sufficient, but the supply of twin-
engine planes for advanced training
has been below requirements. Recent
deliveries of these larger planes have
improved, although as he said, ‘“‘We
are not yet out of the wood’. The
shortage of twin-engine planes has
slowed up certain classes in the training
NEW
The
elevator agent know
plan, but that should not be taken,
he said, as meaning that the entire
plan has been slowed up.
Mr. Power mentioned that the
R.C.A.F. has now an enrollment\ of
50,385, of which 3,136 are officers,
39,803 airmen and 7,446 civilians.
He told the House that in spite of
the slack in receipt of twin engine
planes required for final instruction
for bombers, the proportion of airmen
so far trained as fighters and bombers
has: been satisfactory according to
advices from Britain. .
Important Notice to All U.F.A.,,
~ U.F.W.A. and Junior Locals
Problems of Agriculture are today so urgent that
effective organization of the farm people is vitally
important.
OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR
ORGANIZATION!
You should endeavor to canvass all
farmers in your neighborhood, ‘asking
them to join the Association.
Conditions are such that at any moment it may
be imperative for a strong, united farm move-
ment to rally in support of the policies we need
for the protection and improvement of our
industry.
UniTED FARMERS OF ALBERTA
6 (86)
THE WESTERN
FARM LEADER
Central Alberta Dairy Pool Section
Care of Your Cream or Milk
Message from the President of
Southern Alberta Dairy Pool
Three Hills. temptation for producers to be less careful in the handling
It was courteously suggested that I should write a short
note for the C.A.D.P. page in The Western Farm Leader.
It was a fine co-operative gesture—the executive officer
of
one organization granting the chairman of another organi-
zation in the same field the freedom of their publicity medium.
Fine Spirit Prompted Courtesy
I appreciate the spirit which prompted the courtesy—
in the same spirit I gratefully
accept the opportunity,
hoping it may lead to closer co-operation between the various
co-operative dairy units within thé Province.
Why we are not one great big
co-operative dairy at this date is
still a mystery to me. From small
seeds great trees grow. Who
knows, perhaps from some such
small beginning as this the solu- °}
tion may be found which will
eventually lead to the fuller reali-
zation of the Co-operative Ideal
within the dairy industry in the
Province of Alberta?
Accomplishment to Be: Proud Of
I was very pleased to learn that
the Central Alberta Dairy Poo!
was in the happy position of being
able to pay the second Isrgest
dividend in its history. Such an
accomplishment is a record any
organization may well-be proud of.
I trust the success of the past year
is the forerunner of many such.
The co-operative ideals are grad-:
ually assuming their rightful place.
The greatest leaders in the world
today are all stressing the need
for co-operation and more co-
operation as being a partial solu-
tion for our economic difficulties.
-problems remains to be
ideals
world
At
the present moment co-operation is
definitely helping to solve the war
roblems of the. people of Great
Britain. Nowhere has been so
forcibly demonstrated what ean
be aecomplished by. the application
of- the - co-operative ideals — and
principles to the problems of every
day life. I hope the lessons now
being learned by the people of-
Creat Britain under the stress of
war will not be forgotten when
the day of vietory dawns,
Oh behalf of my fellow directors
and the members of the Southern
How
will go
the
the
far
in
co-operative
solution of
seen,
Alberta Dairy Pool I. extend to
the .Central) Alberta’ Dairy Pool
our thanks for the chanee to co-
operate with you and we hope the
vear 1941 will be another suecess-'
ful one for the C.A.D.P.
Yours fraternally,
WILLIAM BURNS,
President, Southern
Py Pool.
Alberta’
March 2Ist,
By The Management
In the ordinary fall and
and the caring for milk and er
factories, and inevit: tbly when the warm weather
winter seasons there is a big
am which goes to our various
comes,
sometimes unexpectedly, this lack of thoroughness on our
part immediately shows up.
In our Condensery operation,
the keeping quality of the milk
as indicated by a metholyne blue
test not nearly so good. In
our cream, the odd ean which
Should) ordinarily grade Special
will go down to No. 1 and.in the
is
odd case even a_ grade lower.
Likewise, the grades on the butter
will not be nearly as good.
This situation was very 'perti-
nently brought to our minds during
the warm spell which’ we exper-
ienced, especially in the month of
February, and we are taking this
opportunity of bringing it to your
attention as, On- account. of. the
season, we are going to have
warm weather again quite soon.
_ Your butter factories are ¢: apab le
of making an excellent product
but it is impossible for them to
have a finished product which is
any better than what they receive
from its members and_ shippers.
In 1940, your Alix, as -well as
Bowden, branch made more. than
95 per cent No. 1 butter and this
is quite possible again in 1941,
provided. that. the proper care is
given your-milk and cream on the
farm) before it is delivered to our
plants.
We realize that it
intention to produce anything but
the best, and we are sure that with
this reminder-you will continue to
1s
institute’ the proper amount of
care that every can of cream or
milk we receive will be the best
qui ality possible.
Conditioning Dairy Cows for Celine
The milk production of dairy cows
and heifers, particularly during the
first -part of the Jactation period,
depends to quite a large extent on
having them in good thrifty condition
at calving time. They need not» be
really fat, for the laving on of excessive
fat is a costly business. ‘They should,
however, be in good flesh and on a
rising rather than a receding plane of
nutrition, says George W. Muir,
Dominion Animal Husbandman, Cen-
tral Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
Has Many Advantages
A cow ip good condition at calving
has many advantages over the cow
in very thin condition. In the first
‘place she has a better chance to with-
EGGS
This year we are proposing to handle a larger amount
of eggs.
The ideal way to handle eggs is direct from Producer to
Egg Candling Plant.
Your Poo! has one at each of its branches,
Arrange now to ship regularly to
CENTRAL
ALBERTA
DAIRY POOL
P lants at
ALIX
BOWDEN
RED DEER
Producers operating their own Creameries and Condensery
stand the hazards of calving; secondly,
she will usually produce a_ larger,
stronger calf and lastlv, she will have
stored up in her body a reserve of
fat, minerals, and vitamins that will
have a decidedly beneficial effect on
her subsequent milk production.
This beneficial effect will be mani-
fested.in two ways; first, in increased
and prolonged milk production, due
to the fact that the cow, being in good
condition, uses less of her ration for
maintenance and more for milk pro-
duction; secondly, the good condition
of the cow will have a tendency to
increase the fat percentage in the
milk a little for the first month or
two.
A dairy cow should have a ‘‘dry”
or rest period of approximately eight
weeks. A cow that has been liberally
fed in the previous lactation will not
require so much special feeding while
dry. A thin cow, however, should
receive special attention. As soon
as she is propeely dried up, commenee
feeding a good roughage ration’ of
legume hay, and silage if available.
This should be supplemented by from
three to eight pounds daily of a good
grain mixture such as oats and barley
plus a little bran and oileake meal.
Gradually reduce this ration as
the cow nears calving, especially the
barley portion, réplacing same with
more oats and bran until after calving.
Access to direct sunlight in the yard
during the ‘dry period will aid in the
assimilatior of the nutrients, particu-
larly the. minerals consumed.
Preparation for calving in this
way, ‘together with liberal feeding
after calving until pasture is available,
will ensure maximum production later
on pasture
economical. Such maximum produc-
tion will, in turn, aid in producing
the\inerease in cheese and condefised
milk required to fulfil our agreements
with Great Britain this year.
NOTICE OF DATE
ANNUAL
MEETING
The Annual Meeting of our
DAIRY POOL will be held in
LEGION HALL, ALIX
10:00 a.m., Tuesday,
June 17, 1941
Business Morning and Afternoon
Dinner meeting at 6:30 p.m.
YOU ARE WELCOME
COME EARLY
CENTRAL ALBERTA
DAIRY POOL
order of
THE BOARD
: by
1941
not your
when production is most °
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”
i
March 21st, 1941 THE WESTERN FARM LEADER _ (87) 7
C.A.D.P. SECTION
Our Egg Department
a final payment -on them of le per
as the handling of eggs for your account
To Expand Business of Department :
It no doubt also indicates to you Ee ie F i ci E- RJ z
Deg set ise TO GROW PLENTY OF SUITABLE
your Central Alberta Dairy Pool
has been handling for members’
Soria us lnverated Gunmtity ef, FEED FOR THE DAIRY HERD
eggs, and out of our operations
in 1940 your Directors . declared NEXT WINTER/
dozen. This final payment: «will P
reach you very shortly. |
No doubt such action of your ,
Board could indicate several things,
and one of them undoubtedly is that, HKlk THESE j BRULORS (ARE YAL
4 a ” @
has been done at a profit, then those E. A if 7 7 Thi t
supplying the eggs are entitled to some OC One 15 Mmpor Qi Mf / 5 2 CO
return, provided, of course, adequate
working capital for this department : upon
is left in the business.
that our Pool, being a producers’
co-operative, and being anxXious to
serve its membership in as many
ways as possible, has decided in the
interests of its membership to further
expand the business in this department.
By the time this paper reaches you, PLANNED SUITABLE
‘we wiil be nicely into the spring pro- ROTATIONS CROPS
duction of eggs, and we suggest that
this year, if you have not done it
before, that vou give our Branches
your eggs as they are produced. This RECOMMENDED
year, we are. making additional ar- PROPER VARIETIES
rangements for the proper transpor- ~ CULTIVATION
tation of your eggs to our grading
plants, either at Alix, Bowden or
Red Deer, and we are advised by the ;
Government that if they are properly BARNYARD BEST RATE
cared for on the farm that they will OF SEEDING
reach our plants in good condition. MANURE
We also have available at our 2
branches a supply of 12, 15 and 30
= new on biel egg sepa, which COMMERCIAL
are fitted with Keve’s trays. The Egg FERTILIZERS
and Poultry Division of the Govern- GOOD
ment has suggestéd that this new type SEED
of tray be substituted for the old
filler and flat, and we are acco:dingly
only stocking the Keye’s trays for WEED
shippers’ account this present year. BEST DATE ERADICATION
Can Get Tray From Branches OF SEEDING
If you are not, at the present time,
using an egg case that is fitted for
the Keye’s trays, we wouid suggest EFFICIENT
that you ask for one from one of our HARVESTING OF
branches. The Keye’s tray is a much HAY CUT AT GRAIN AND
improved way of holding the eggs in
the case over the old filler and flat PROPER STAGE SILAGE
system and the cost of same is quite
normal. The trays will sell for not J»
more than 2c each and each tray
holds 2-1/2 dozen. For a 15 dozen a9
case, the cost of the Keye’s trays com-
plete would be 24c.
i r roe , > i . . ~ .
‘ ne por a my Sy uh poseting. pe ARMERS can contribute this year to Canada’s War Effort by increasing
as well unless the Keye’s trays will dairy production. Every Dairy Farmer should plan to produce the
properly fit into your old one. feed he will need next winter — home grown feeds cut down the cost of
We would like to also suggest again producing milk.
that your eggs as they are produced : 3 :
go rewularly to market and in that CROP ROTATION—Careful planning will provide for ensilage and roots,
way your return should be the maximum : n um av.
possible under the present system of COREHO Brains such as oats or barley and leg eh y
ee heen ee GOOD SEED—Seed free from disease and impurities and of recommended
Central Alberta Dairy Pool. varieties is vital to efficient crop production. It pays to sow good seed.
TIMELY TILLAGE—A good seed bed is important; weed control is
NOTICE OF MEETING essential; seeding should be done at the proper date, rate and depth.
MAINTAIN FERTILITY—Manoure is highly perishable. Conserve and
use it for building up soil fertility. Commercial fertilizers may be used to
supplement manure.
ximately 12 miles east of Ponok , , p
Or ee ee eee HARVESTING—Cut hay early to improve quality and to increase aftermath.
A meeting has been called by the Direc- If weather conditions prevent making good hay, clover or alfalfa may be
tor in this district, Mr. F. Meriam, satisfactorily ensiled.
for the evening of APRIL Ist, to be
For further information apply to your nearest
Agricultural College, Dominion Experimental
Station or Department of Agriculture.
vu
held in the above hall. The meeting
will commence at 8:00 p.m. and all
members and other interested pro-
ducers are invited to attend.
Representatives of the Board and
Management will be present.
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES BOARD
Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
Honourable James G. Gardiner, Ministér
@ PLEASE ADVISE YOUR
NEIGHBOUR
8 (88)
Tie up to
Ogden’s!
we
Old-Timers will tell you that,
. for rolling-your-own, Ogden’s ~
is a name to tie to for a really
satisfying smoke. It has a taste
all its own—richer, better tasting.
That’s because of its distinctive
blend of choice, ripe tobaccos. Try
it once. Then you also will tie to
it; forit’s not just another tobacco
—it’s OGDEN’S: And Ogden’s
means “‘more enjoyment”’.
Only the best cigarette papers—
“Vogue” or ‘‘Chantecler’”’
are good enough for Ogden’s
OGDEN’S
FINE CUT
CIGARETTE TOBACCO
Pipe Smokers !
Ask for Ogden’s Cut Plug
Among bills introduced into the
Provincial Legislature last week on
debts, is one entitled the Debt Pro-
ceedings Suspension Act, which would,
on proclamation by Order-in-Council,
put a moratorium into effect, on some
classes of debts. A modified mora-
torium would also be the effect of the
Orderly Payment of Land Debts Act.
Estimating revenues of $20,662,584
and expenses of $20,651,314, the
Provincial, Budget was presented to
the Legislature last week by Hon.
Solon E. Low. There will ‘be no
changes in present taxation.
s1——-NEILSON’S
THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
Mar. 6th.—British and free Nor-
wegians make surprise raid on Lofoten
Islands, sink 11 Nazi vessels, take
225 prisoners, destroy glycerine plant.
Tanks, planes, supplies, follow Nazi
troops into Bulgaria. Only 525 British
killed in entire African campaign.
Nazi planes definitely destroyed durin
war lexeont in Mediterranean ares)
total 5,346, British 854.
Mar. 7th.—Five Italian’ vessels,
totalling 28,153 tons, taken in the
capture of Chisimaio, Italian Somali-
land, five scuttled, one driven ashore.
Sinking of Italian tanker, 6,861 tons,
during shelling of Mogadiscio, and
destruction of sixteen enemy planes
during attack on Malta last week,
announced. Nazi supply ship sunk
by R.A.F. during raid on Netherlands
coast. British destroyer Dainty lost.
Nazi troops massed on Turkish and
Greek frontiers; Turkish newspapers
warn against: accepting Nazi assur-
ances. Mines laid by R.A.F. and
fleet air arm virtually close Kiel canal.
Nazis fine Norwegians on Lofoten
Islands, burn property of those aiding
British. Nazi bomber shot down in
raid on British convoy in North Sea.
Mar. 8th.—-Nazis reported in key
ositions in Italian forees; over 100
Nazi officers in French Morocco ac-
cording to Madrid report. Heavy
raid reported over London, three
Nazi bombers brought down over
East Coast. 789 civilians killed in
air raids on Britain in February,
official announcement. Bevin says
British industrial production increas-
ing steadily. Admiralty states 480
warships to be completed in fiscal
year now closing. ussolini again
changes Albanian command. _ U.S.
Senate passes lease-lend bill, 60 to 31.
Mar. 9th.—-Heaviest air raids since
New Year over Britain. New Zealand
cruiser sinks Italidn raider, masquer-
ading as British vessel in Indian
Ocean. Britain refuses Hoover’s pro-
posal for soup kitchens in Belgium,
says admission foodstuffs into German-
held territory “‘false humanitarianism,”
Mar. 10th.—Yugoslavia must join
Axis. not merely sign non-aggression
pact, say Nazis, according to Belgrade
report. U.S.S.R. concentrates troops
in Caucasus. Darlan-says Vichy will
convoy food ships past blockade.
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Bevin places shipyards labor under
control of Admiralty. Admiralty an-
nounce sinking Italian submarine Anf-
ober Italian cruiser almost certainly
sunk.
Mar. 11ith.—Roosevelt signs lease-
lend bill, immediately after final pas-
sage through Congress; to ask $7,-
000,000,000 tomorrow for aid to dem-
ocracies. Sinclair says R.A.F. in last
ten months has destroyed 4,250 Ger-
man aircraft, 1,100 Italian, British
losses fewer than* 1,800. Thailand
and French Indo-China sign Japanese
peace. Hohenzollern bridge at Col-
ogne damaged, fires started in city,
docks bombed at Boulogne, Cherbourg,
Brest, in R.A.F. raids; three planes
fail to return. Portsmith subjected
to heavy air attack, seven enemy
v%lanes downed. Greeks take 2,500
talian prisoners. Heaviest sea losses
since October, 141,314 tons, in week
ending March 2nd. U.S. urges Span-
ish and Vichy governments show
clemency for Spanish prisoners. Four
killed, over twenty injured, in bombing
of Istanbul hotel, resumably in
attempt on life of Geutee Rendel,
British minister to Bulgaria.
Mar. 12th.—Churehill thanks U.S.
for lease-lend bill, ‘‘new Magna Char-
ta.”” Two enemy planes destroyed in
heavy air raids over Britain; Buck-
ingham Palace again damaged. Bombs
dropped in Donegal. Greeks drive
back strong Italian attack. Yugo-
slavia reported almost ready to accede
to Nazi demands. Anzacs sent from
England to Middle East.
Mar. 13th.—R.A.F. carries out in-
tensive night and day attacks on
Berlin, docks and airports from Nor-
way to Boulogne; fires started at Kiel
naval base; five aircraft missing.
Sixteen Nazi planes brought down
over Britain during large-scale attack,
centering on Liverpool. R.A.F. carries
out third successive raid on Rhodes.
Admiralty warns straits at south of
Red Sea “dangerous to navigation.”
Mussolini has been in Albania for
week, says Athens report, directing
assaults, all driven back by Greeks;
Italian losses said over 10,000 killed,
wounded and missing, besides 3,500
taken prisoner by Greeks.___Greeks
sink Italian submarine. Italian losses
in East Africa in three weeks over
31,000; some Italian war prisoners
to work on British farms.
Mar. 14th.—U.S. supplies already
moving to Britain under lease-lend
bill, says Stimson. Alexander warns
Britain facing “most crucial stage”
of war. British asks U.S. for merchant
shipping. R.A.F. delivers smashing
blow at Hamburg, sinks Nazi supply
ship off Frisians, six planes lost.
Liverpool, Glasgow, targets of very
heavy Nazi air attack, 11 enemy planes
destroyed. R.A.F. downs 14 Italian
planes over Greece an Albania;
continued Italian attacks unsuccessful.
Mar. 15th.—Four enemy planes
downed in night attacks on Glasgow,
Liverpool, London; two R.A.F. planes
missing after raids on Ruhr objectives.
Belgrade reports 100,000 British sol-
diers, equipment, landed in Greece;
Canadian engineering unit at Gibraltar.
Harriman, U.S. special representative
on aid to Britain, reaches England.
Nazis execute 15 Netherlanders. U.S.
newspaper man arrested in Berlin,
charged with espionage. American
‘total effort’’ to be devoted to “‘total
victory”, says Roosevelt in radio
address; warns Americans sacrifices
needed; pledges full aid to Britain
and other democracies fighting ‘‘in
the front line of civilization.”
Mar. 16th.—-Fresh Australian and
New Zealand troops reaching Cairo;
reports continue of British troops in
Greece; net result Mussolini’s personal
efforts in Albania said by Athens
50,000 men lost. Hitler says no
outside help can save Britain. British
enterprise in U.S. sold, 90 per cent
of proceeds to go to Government;
value said upwards of $100,000,000.
Bevin calls for registration all civilians
41 to 45, for war industry; wages of
March 2ist, 1941
The St. Lawrence Waterways agree-
ment between Canada and the U.S.
was signed Wednesday. It requires
ratification by a majority vote of
Congress. f
At a recent meeting of Canadian
Co-operative Wheat Producers in Win-
nipeg, J. H. Wesson of Regina was
elected president and Lew Hutchinson,
Duhamel, vice-president.
The wheat policy has been protested
by the three prairie Wheat Pools;
H. Hannam, President of the
Canadian Federation of Agriculture,
and E. D. Brunsden, Secretary of
the Alberta Federation of Agriculture.
people in industrial training to be
raised April Ist.
Mar. 17th.—British recapture Ber-
bera, British Somaliland, taken by
Italians last August. Rome report
(stated may be Vatican) Britain has
warned that if Avhens is bombed,
R.A.F. will attack Rome. German
liner Bremen on fire, presumably
resulting from R.A.F. raid. British
Allied and neutral shipping losses in
18 months of war aggregate nearly
5,000,000 tons. Young British women
to be drafted for war work, ‘from
drawing-rooms and laundries,’ says
Bevin. Thyssen, early supporter of
Hitler who later opposed him, has
been delivered over to Gestapo by
Vichy government. Wendell Willkie
may ‘follow Wheeler through U.S. to
counter isolationism.
Mar. 18th.—R.A.F. sinks large Nazi
supply ship, attacks Nazi ports; one
German plane shot down by anti-
aircraft fire over Britain; London
quiet. One thousand killed in last
week’s raids on Glasgow, Liverpool.
Churchill announces destruction three
Nazi U-boats; welcoming new U.S.
ambassador, Winant, says Britain and
U.S. will share in “solemn and splen-
did’”’ duties after victory. U.S. informed
German submarine on way to attack
shipping along American coast. Yugo-
slavia, Italy, sign commercial treaty.
Japanese envoy to visit Moscow en
route to Berlin and Rome. British,
allied and neutral shipping losses
week ending March 9th, 98,000 tons.
British output of aeroplanes in Febru-
ary reaches record.
Mar. 19th.— British take Jijiga,
begin advance eastwards in attempt
to surround Addis Ababa. _ R.A.F.
starts fires at Kiel, batters Wilhelms-
haven, oil storage tanks at Rotterdam.
Nazis in destructive raid over Hull,
one bomber destroyed. Arrival U.S.
planes in Greece reported from Bel-
grade. Turkey extends martial law.
Former premier of Yugoslavia reported
exiled after attempt to seize power
and join Axis. U.S. votes $3,446,-
000,000 for navy.
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To Goicer Scrap Iron
WINNIPEG, March 19th. — Ar-
rangements for all its elevator agents
to act as collecting agents for scrap
iron, in a drive under the slogan
“Drop your scrap iron on Berlin”,
have been made by the North-West
Line Elevators Association. Only
expenses to farmers will be freight
charges, and all proceeds will be
turned over to the Patriotic Salvage
Corps. Actual collections will take
place between June 15th and July
15th.
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The Western Farm Leader
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
By HON. J. E. BROWNLEE,
K.C., LL.D.
Replies to Enquiries
Adjustment of Debt
W.H.B.D.—If the Railway Company
is your only creditor I think you
can make a satisfactory adjustment
without recourse to the Farmers’
Creditors Arrangement Act. I would
only advise an application under that
Act if you have other substantial
debts which you are unable to meet.
_ Landowner Owns Gravel
C.¥.—Gravel is not considered a
mineral coming within the reservation
of minerals to the Crown. I think
there is no doubt the owner of the
land in question owns the gravel and
has the right to dispose of it.
No Law Violated
J.Z.—Your question does not raise
a personal legal problem. However
no law was broken or violated by any
of the proceedings at the .F.A.
Convention.
Vendor Can Start Proceedings
J.H.— Your Agreement for Purchase
- was made in 1938. You do not there-
fore have the protection of either the
Debt Adjustment Act which only
applies to debts created prior to
1936, or the Farmers’ Creditors Ar-
rangement Act which applies to debts
created betore May,’ 1935. The Ven-
dor therefore can commence proceed-
ings in Court against you for the can-
cellation of your Agreement for Sale
unless you comply with its terms and
your only protection is such considera-
tion as the Court may allow you.
As the law now stands in this Prov-
ince, I doubt if the Vendor could
do very much if you delivered to him
a one-third share of the crop less one
ear’s taxes, but I think you would
e running a risk if you did not do
that much.
Eligibility for Pension
M.K.8.—An applicant for Old Age
Pensions must show that he has
resided in Canada for twenty years
preceding the date of application and
in the Province in which the applica-
tion is made for five years preceding
the date of application. If your
parents now move to British Columbia
they would have to live there for five
years before becoming eligible for Old
Age Pensions.
Money From Estate in U.S.A.
W.A.A.—-There should be no diffi-
culty in getting money from an
estate in the United States of America
where you are a beneficiary of that
estate. The delay so far may be
entirely due to the necessary pro-
ceedings in realizing the estate. If
you do not receive any word within
a reasonable time, you might arrange
to have some solicitor here get in
touch with solicitors in Florida to
find out what the situation is.
Any paid-up subscriber of The West-
ern Farm Leader may submit a legal
question for answer in this department,
free of charge. Replies will not be sent
by mail. The subscription to the paper
is $1 per year.
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
Shows Appreciation
of Grave Character.
Our Wheat Problem
Solution ‘‘Cannot Be Postponed”
Is View Expressed by
British Publication
Showing a clear appreciation of
the nature of the problem facing the
Canadian wheatgrower, the solution
of which it declares ‘‘cannot be
postponed’, The K-H News-Letter,
(formerly published in London, but
* now temporarily in rural England),
contains in its most recent issue to
come to hand the following com-
ments on Canadian affairs:
The Canadian Prime Minister has
cheered British hearts by his recent
pronouncements about the growing
volume of assistance which the Do-
minion is giving to our cause. In
almost every aspect, Canada’s war
effort is several months ahead of the
schedule drawn up in collaboration
with British leaders at the beginning
of the war, and her effort is expected
to reach its maximum by the autumn
of this year.
Canada has already far surpassed
the important contribution which she
made in 1914-18, and in the Dominion,
as in this country, popular opinion
has tended to outstrip the Government
in the demand that the nation’s full
resources should be thrown into the
struggle. But behind this vast pro-
duction of supplies and the training
and equipping of men for the fighting
services, Canada is faced with two
serious problems, one economic, the
other constitutional, for which a solu-
tion must be found.
The Glut of Wheat
The first of these problems is a glut
of wheat. In 1940 the wheat crop was
the second largest in the Dominion’s
history, amounting to some 550 million
bushels in addition to which Canada
had an excessive carryover from the
seggnoti year. *The result is that she ©
as greater stocks of wheat on her
hand than at any time in her history, —
while her markets are drastically cur-
tailed as the result of the war and a
surplus in other wheat producing coun-
tries.
total supply less domestic requirements
and normal carry-over) of the four
chief exporting countries for the year
1940-41 is estimated as follows: Can-
ada 685 million bushels; U.S.A. 240
million bushels; Argentina 145 million
bushels; Australia 135 million bushels.
This enormous total of more than
1,200 million bushels amounts to
twice the export trade of the preceding
year.
Solution Cannot Be Postponed
While hundreds. of millions of people
in Europe and the Far East are facing
a serious food shortage, Canada’s
great elevators are filled to capacity,
and millions of bushels have had to
be stored in community halls, skating
rinks and other improvised store-
houses throughout the Canadian west.
In addition to the problem of storage,
these enormous wheat supplies have
raised the question of financing the
farmers for whose grain no market can
be found, and this problem is now
causing a good deal of worry to the
Dominion and Provincial governments
and to the financial institutions. The
solution of the problem cannot be
postponed much longer.
It is to be hoped that some means
may be found by which a considera
part of this wheat may one day/ be
made available to the peoples of Europe
when they have been rid of the Nazi
scourge, and to the hungry millions of
China, where, even in a normal year,
in a great city like Shanghai some
40,000 human beings fall dead in the
streets from starvation.
The K-H News-Letter then goes on
to discuss the constitutional problem
in Canada, in reference to the Rowell-
Sirois report.)
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Following an address by M. H.,
Ward, Cluny U.F.A.~ Local was” re- >
organized recently.
The export surplus (that is the .
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“WE CANNOT LET OUR OWN
BOYS DOWN”
~ Wheat, in Excess of
Quota, Accepted in
War Services Fund
Campaign
Realizing that 50c wheat is unprofitable to
the average farmer and that ,cash is a scarce
article in rural areas at present, the Southern
Alberta War Services Fund organization has
made arrangements to take wheat above the
farmer’s quota by way of contributions.
Thousands of Alberta boys are in the Cana-
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dian army, navy and air force. You yourself may
have a son, a relative or a friend therein.
For the purpose of bringing a measure of
comfort, entertainment, education, sport and relax-
ation to these boys, six. separate organizations
are engaged in war services work. Their activities
do not duplicate or conflict with each other.
The organizations are: the Canadian Legion,
Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Y.M.C.A.,
Y.W.C.A. and I.0.D.E. The funds required for
this war work must be raised by public subscrip-
tion, and the Canadian government is sponsoring
a joint national drive for that purpose. $5 1/2
million will be raised in Canada, and Alberta’s
share is $240,000.
You can help by encouraging in your com-
munity an organized effort to collect wheat
contributions. Such contributions will be ac-
cepted in any elevator where there is space and
the cash ticket made out to the Canadian War
Services Fund. The delivery of wheat for this
purpose is permitted in excess of the quota
of any farmer and need not be recorded on any
permit book.
It is a big undertaking to raise this large sum
for this purpose but ‘‘we cannot let our own boys
down’’. If all join in the effort, success can be
achieved.
CANADIAN WAR SERVICES FUND
DATES OF DRIVE: MARCH 24th to APRIL 5th.
Southern Alberta Division. ..A. Craig Pierce, General Chairman
Northern Alberta Division... .John Dower, General Chairman
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THE WESTERN
WOMEN, “COMMUNITY HOUSEKEEPING”
Warwick Farm,
Edgerton, Alberta.
Dear Farm Women:
I do hope you all heard J. B. Priest-
ley’s tribute to women the other night
on the radio, or possibly it would be
better to say I hope your husbands
heard it. I felt it a minor tragedy in
the family that mine did not, as he
was on his way home from a neighbor’s.
As I told him when he arrived, I had
been sitting here listening and waiting
for the home-coming later of a very
humble person!
Naturally,. I agreed with much Mr.
Priestley said, although I could not
be quite as enthusiastic as-he. I do
not mean with reference to the work
of the British women today—far from
that. They have, as women so often
have done in an emergency, shown
undreamed of endurance and achieve-
ment, and as.I said before, we cannot
fail to pay them tribute for their
bravery and cheerfulness and _ their
willingness to work in any capacity
where they can be of service.
How Much Is Our Fault?
I mean I cannot be quite as enthus-
iastic over what we do in our ordinary
routine as citizens. If I remember
correctly, Priestley said something to
the effect that politics and economics
were really a form of housekeeping
at which women were proficient, and
he spoke as if they were not given an
opportunity to exercise their ability.
o an extent that is so, but how much
of the fault lies with us women?
For instance, the other day I had
a letter from an old U.F.A. co-worker
in which he commented on the munici-
al hospitals which came into being
argely because of the U.F.A. It was,
however, the intention of those early
promoters of the idea, he said, that
women should serve on the boards,
but he felt that today they were more
conspicuous by their absence than
their presence and he asked ‘‘Why?”
Now there are probably more mar-
ried nurses who have worked in hos-
pitals and are now living in these
rural areas than there are men who
have had hospital experience, so it is
not a subject of which they are totally
ignorant.
But where are these representatives
to hospital boards elected? Is it not
at the annual municipal meetings?
How many women make a point of
going to these meetings and taking
an intelligent, working interest in
them? How many attended your
annual municipal meeting? To be
sure it is another annual gathering
which seems to prefer the worst time
of year for meeting, but would a fine
June day make a difference?
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There are no doubt a larger number
of women at the annual school meeting;
mothers whose own Tommy or Mary
may be directly affected by some
regulation made. How many others
attend as part of their community
housekeeping duty? More do take
part in the Provincial and Federal
elections on that day, but the papers
and radio have been full of the ‘‘game”’
for days, and although we may take
a small part, we can at least play the
part of good fans, so we go.
Despite the fact that women have
the privilege of equal citizenship,
have we taken on the responsibility
as much as have the nant Do we
think of other women as being equally
well informed as men on these sub-
jects and treat them as if they were?
Or are we? Fortunately there are
some who have served with distinc-
tion in most of our elective public
bodies, and in addition there are
those who have not achieved the lime-
light but are steady, dependable,
interested workers. However, if we
women are fair, [ think we may well
take a goodly share of the blame
that we fill so few positions in the
Public Housekeeping world.
Yours sincerely,
H. ZELLA SPENCER.
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
U.F.A. BUILDING, CALGARY
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FARM LEADER
March 2l1st, 1941
18th MARCH, 1940
Now Finland rises from
the blood-stained snow,
Unbowed her head, untarnished still her name.
She proudly pays the ransom to the foe
Whose countless legions forged the bitter claim.
While still she mourns her dead there is begun
The resctie of the living from the toils
Of conquerors advancing that not one
True Finnish heart be numbered with their spoils.
But Finland’s hope is dead.
| Beyond the crimson tides that overflow
She cannot see, ©
Defenceless lands, the dawn of liberty
When freedom’s hosts have laid the tyrants low.
With peace proclaimed she plans defence again
Against the faithlessness of fellow-men.
ISA GRINDLAY JACKSON.
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The Western Farm Leader
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Sleeves may be as illustrated, or in
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One of the schemes for raising funds.
adopted by Warden U.F.W.A., reports
Mrs. R. Price, is to hold an auction
at each meeting. No bid may be for
more than 5 cents, but a bidder may:
bids as she chooses.’
The successful bidder contributes an
article for auction at the next meeting.
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Your Herbaceous Border should
have a southern exposure if possible,
though a south-east or south-west is
also good, states a Department of
Agriculture bulletin. In our windy ,
Province, protection from the pre-
vailing west winds is essential. The
soil gould be deeply dug; the best
method is to dig a trench, lay well
rotted manure in the bottom, the top
soil next, leaving the bottom soil for
the top. This thorough preparation
puts the soil in excellent condition
to hold moisture. Planting in clumps
of about three is recommended, tall
plants at the back, of course, medium
next, and low growing plants at the
front. Annuals can be used to good
advantage to fill gaps—clumps_ of
gladioli are excellent for the middle
places. After planting and watering,
apply a liberal amount of rotted
manure which will be worked into the
soil by hoeing occasionally through —
the summer. In the fall, all old
growth should be removed, and the
soil dug and again top dressed with
manure.
For Each Adult in your family you
should provide, each week the follow-
ing foods: 4 pints milk, 1/4 lb. cheese,
3/4 lb. butter; 4 lbs. potatoes, 5 lbs.
fresh and canned vegetables, 1/4 Ib.
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
CALGARY
Report Great Interest
Shown in Co-operative
Farm Implements Plan
Widespread interest has been shown
by the farm people at a large number
of meetings in Alberta to consider the
co-operative buying of farm imple-
ments, through Co-operative , Imple-
ments, Ltd., Norman F. Priestley,
Alberta Vice-President of» the Co-
operative, stated on his return to
Calgary from meetings addressed by
George E. Church and himself.
Started Early March
Early in March they attended
meetings at Edmonton-Wetaskiwin and
Ponoka, when under the auspices of
the Alberta Co-operative Wholesale
and local farm co-operatives, three
speakers from Saskatchewan dealt
with the form of organization now
being effected in Saskatchewan and
Manitoba under the new company.
They were H. L. Fowler, president of
the C.C.I.L., James McCaig, president
Saskatchewan Co-operative Wholesale,
J. Adams, secretary Kindersley-Rose-
town C.C.I.L. Co-operative. Com-
mittees of three farmers at each of these
meetings was set up and will be called
together by Edward Peterson, Wetaski-
win, one of the directors of the C.C.I.L.
Messrs. Priestley and Church later
addressed a rally of six U.F.A. Locals
at Drumheller; a meeting of Airdrie
: and meeting of 55 farmers
at Rocky Coulee school, the last named
being the first of a series mainly on
U.F.A. organization and co-operative
buying of farm implements to be held
in the Lethbridge district in the near
future. Another meeting was held at
South Macleod. Rally of U.F.A.
Locals in area east of Lethbridge will
be held on Tuesday evening, April Ist,
at Readymeade School.
Full Discussion First
It is believed on the part of officials
of the farm movement in Alberta,
states Mr..Priestley, that time must
be taken for securing information and
full discussion of the problems involved,
before any attempt is made in-~this
Province to solicit share capital and
set up the district co-operative asso-
ciations which are necessary for the
control of C.C.J.L. and the handling
of implements in Alberta. Last re-
from Saskatchewan _ indicate
that in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
over $70,000.00 has been subscribed
in share capital. Officials state this
is a good beginning, but much work
must be done before the organization
is definitely launched into business.
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Alberta Federation of Agriculture.
—_— —- ——.
When the annual meeting of the
Alberta Co-operative Council was
held in Red Deer last July, and the
constitution was widened to permit
memberships of farm organizations
other than those of a strictly co-op-
erative nature, the membership total
stood at 18 organizations.
There are-now 41 organizations
affiliated with the Alberta Federation
and it is anticipated several others will
join shortly since the question has
been before annual meetings of their
members.
The presentation made to the Prime
Minister of Canada and members of
his Cabinet at Ottawa, January 27th,
by a delegation - representing the
Canadian Federation of Agriculture,
on which this Province was adequately
represented, has been published in
pamphlet form entitled, ‘Manifesto
of the Canadian Farmer’. | This
booklet is available for distribution,
and copies may be had by sending
a card to the Alberta Federation of
Agriculture, 525 Lougheed Building,
Calgary.
Alberta agriculture will have three
representatives on the Alberta division
of the Western Canadian Food Dis-
tribution Council, organized at a
meeting in Calgary on February 24th.
Secretary of the Alberta Federation
of Agriculture was elected as _ vice-
chairman of the Western Canadian
body at the meeting in question.
The Council will undertake a study
into the economic position of Western
Canada’s farmers at a meeting to be
held within the next few weeks at
Saskatoon. George Bickerton, presi-
dent of the United Farmers of Canada
(Saskatchewan: section), in collabora-
tion with officers of the Manitoba,
Alberta and British Columbia Feder-
ations of Agriculture, is responsible
for preparing the case.
Endorsing the Canadian War Ser-
vices Fund campaign, which begins
on Monday next, March 24th, the
Governor-General accepted the invi-
tation to himself and to Princess Alice
to be patrons of the fund. The com-
bined appeal seeks to raise $5,500,000
to carry on war services of the Cana-
dian Legion, Salvation Army, Knights
of Columbus, Y.M.C.A., I.0.D.E. and
Y.W.C.A.
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crops.
Canada’s Wheat Competitors
Wheat exporting States in the U.S.A. are now
making special efforts to improve the quality
of their wheat, hoping to compete with Canada
on world’s markets after the war. We, too,
therefore, must make special.efforts to hold
our own. The use of more Registered and
Certified seed will certainly improve our wheat
See the nearest Searle Agent for good seed
at reasonable prices.
SEARLE GRAIN COMPANY LTD.
(82)
World Wheat Situation
a LEONARD D. NESBITT
Superintendent of Publicity
Alberta Wheat Pool
The Canadian visible supply of
wheat on March 14th totalled 486,-
395,125 bushels. A fairly substantial
flow of wheat into export channels
was reported, but the season’s total
export is 20 million bushels behind
last year’s figures. Not including
exports of wheat flour and shipments
to the United States, Canada has
exported 73.5 million bushels of wheat
in the first 32 weeks of the current
crop year, which commenced August
Ist, 1940.
Movement From Farms
The movement of wheat from the
farms has been continuing in substa®-
tial volume. Last week the total
reached close to five million bushels,
and the aggregate for the season
reached 330.5 million bushels. The
small volume of exports and heavy
primary deliveries keeps the visible
figures high.
The Canadian Government has de-
cided to limit deliveries of wheat
from the 1941 crop to 230 million
bushels. The price will revert to
70c a bushel, basis One Northern at
the terminal, on August Ist. The
farmers should see that their surplus
wheat is delivered by that date.
Farm storage will be paid on the new
crop on the same basis as on the 1940
crop, namely lc for every 45 days.
U.S. Wheat Prices
United States wheat prices continue
fairly strong, which is somewhat
surprising in view of the anticipated
record-breaking carryover at the year-
end.. (380 million bushels), and the
excellent prospects for the 1941 winter
wheat crop.
Spring weather has come to Europe,
and the damage to the winter wheat
crop will soon be ascertainable. It is
surprising to note Broomhall’s siate-
ment that the European wheat acreage
is several million acres larger than
last year. Nevertheless, the European
crop will be small because of the bad
winter weather.
Argentina is pushing exports and
is sending substantial quantities of
wheat to Britain and Spain.
The entire wheat situation in Canada
and in all the exporting countries is
in a bad mess. No real solution may
be expected until the war ends.
—_—— ———o——- ———
Dairy Market
Prices have advanced to the full
extent of the pegged price and Montreal
is quoted at 35, Toronto 35 and Win-
nipeg 33. Local first grade prints are
34c and apecia: grade butterfat 32c.
Creamery butter on hand at March 1,
1941, is given at 18,415,000 pounds as
compared with 23,368,000 pounds last
year leaving a shortage of stock on
hand of about 5,000,000 pounds at
resent. Production, on the other
and, is considerably up in Alberta,
showing an increase of 19.3 per cent
for the week ending March 1! and
Ontario production was up 1.48 per
cent for the.same week.
Nelson S. Smith,
member for the Provincial constitu-
ency of Olds, was fatally hurt last
week in a highway mishap, and died
on Saturday.
——— —- — o——_ —- —_
The Alberta Legislature last week
voted down a resolution proposing
re-convening of the Rowell-Sirois con-
ference.
Enlarge Store
It has been found necessary to en-
large the U.F.A. Co-operative store
in Calgary which was opened only
last August. The partition at the
back of the store has been moved back
36 feet, giving an additional 1,152
square feet of floor space. This, the
management states, will permit of
greater departmentalization and more
adequate display of the various lines
handled by the store.
: «
March 2ist, 1941
Livestock Markets Review
CALGARY STOCKYARDS, Mar.
19th.—The market has been slow with
prices slightly lower. Good butcher
steers are $8 to $8.50, common to
medium $6.75 to $7.75; good heifers
$7.50 to $8,) common to : medium
$6.25 to $7.50; medium good fed
calves $7.75 to $8.50, top $8.75;
good cows $5.75 to $6.50, common
to medium $3.25 to $5.50; canners
and cutters $2.50 to $3.25. Good
bulls are $5.50 to $6, common _ to
medium $4 to $5; good choice vealers
$9.50 to $10, common to medium $6
to $9; common good stocker and feeder
steers $6 to $7.75. Hogs are $10.10
to $10.20 Bl at yards and plants.
EDMONTON STOCKYARDS,
Mar. 19th.—-Trading has been slow
with steady to a little lower prices.
Good. to choice fed calves are $7.75
to $8.50; good to choice steers $7.75
to $8.50, common to medium $4.50
to $7.50; good to choice heifers $7 to
$7.75, common to medium $3.50 to
$6.75. Good cows are $5 to $6,
common to medium $3 to $4.75;
canners and cutters $3 down; good
bulls $5 to $5.50.. Good feeder steers
are $6.50 to $7.50, heifers $6 down
and cows $4.75 down; good to choice
handyweight calves $9 to $10. Hogs
are steady at $7.75 liveweight, $10.10’
dressed at plants with good to choice
handyweight lambs $9 to $9.50, handy-
weight sheep $7.50 down and ewes
$4.50 down. : ler
en re Seen
Validity of an act passed by the Leg-
islature on Friday last, to suspend for
sixty days legal proceedings challeng-
ing the constitutionality of the Debt
Adjustment Act, will be reviewed by
the Alberta Appéal Court on March
26th. On Saturday the Debt Adjust-
ment Act: was declared ultra vires by
the Supreme Court of Alberta, Mr.
Justice O’Connor ruling that it invaded
the field of irsolvency already fully —
occupied by the Bankruptcy Act and
the Farmers’ Creditors’ Arrangement
Act.
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Vi. of the Great NorthWest |
14 (94)
oR PIONEER
By SYDNEY MAY
Hello, Folks!
News dispatch says that Mussolini
is keeping the Italian people in the
dark. Ah, Rome-in the gloamin’,
what.
* *
Ald. Rose Wilkinson of Calgary
wants reporters, barred from Reliet
Committee meetings. And what a
relief that would be for some aldermen
we could name.
Speaking of rioting in HoHand,
J.T.M. rises to remark that one of
these days the Nazis will find them-
selves in Dutch.
* *
Yep, and though the invaders. have
wrecked the Dutch bulb fields, the
flower of that nation still -flourishes.
BEET THIS ONE
‘‘Baker Heads Beet Growers”
—headline. Now all that is
needed is for a Beet grower to
head the Bakers. | |
According to the papers; the United
States has frozen Bulgarian funds.
That doesn’t matter much. The
Rome-Berlin-Tokio Axis had already
put the country On ice.
‘‘Troops Learn Bridge Game’’—
headline. And that may explain
why the R.A.F. is continually
trumping Hitler's | aces.
GOSH! IS THAT ALL
‘*The bride has chosen as her going
away costume a smart black hat.”
—Altlantic City Press. And little as
that is it is enough to cause a lot of
trouble. nc
Dorothy Dix says.that 30 is the
erfect age for a happy marriage..
is that the
ep, but the trouble
won’t admit
sweet young things
they’re the perfect age.
* *
ISN’T IT THE TRUTH
Some runabouts just about
run
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Yjpiece :
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We can’t all be in the front line,
but we can |
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ALBERTA LIMERICKS
Now Polly McDuffer of Ewing
For heart balm the darling is suing;.
On home brew. one night
Her sweetie got tight,
And now there’s more trouble a-brew-
ing.
om *
According to* Dr. Henri Pieron,
noted scientist, ‘‘pinpricks travel slow-
ly to the brain.” MHe’ll probably
change his ideas if he ever sits on a
tack.
* *
Fashion note indicates that this
summer bathing suits for the fashion-
able gals will be made of velvet.
We should worry. Li’l Goldilocks, our
office vamp, looks pretty smooth in
the other kind.
+ *
TODAY’S GREAT OOZE
The best way to make a suc-
cess of your lot is to build a
filling station on it.
*
DESIRE AT DUSK
Through deepening dusk I heard a
woman singing,
Her voice was lilting as the pattering’
rain;
And all the little leaves bent down to
listen —
I held my breath to catch the sweet
refrain.
The song she sang was just a lullaby,
A drowsy little tune of \her own
making; »
And, misaenly, without quite knowing
why,
I found tears in my eyes; my heart
was breaking. ;
Could I but be a neepy woman singing,
Though lowly all my homely tasks
might be;
Could I but nurse my baby in the
twilight,
My life would seem so beautiful to
me.
—ELLEN BETTY.
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THE WESTERN FARM LEADER
March 2ist, 1941
BABY CHICKS
RELIABLE BABY CHICKS
From Gov't Approved and Blood-tested flocks.
All Leghorns are R.O.P. Sired! They cost no
more. 100 per cent live arrival. Pullets G'’t d
98 per cent accuracy. Order for immediate or
later delivery. Our 2!st year shipping Reliable
hicks is your assurance © satisfaction,
Prices to May 10th f.0.b. Regina, Sask.:
Reliable Superior Quality
Quality (with Certificate)
Per 100 -
Breed Mix. Pull. Mix. Pull.
SE Ae $12.00 $24.00 $13.75 $27.50
B. ROCK... 0.55 13.25 20.00 14.75 24.00
fo | a 13.25 20.00 14.75 24.00
R.I. Reds....... 13.25 22.00 14.75 24.00
W. Rocks....... 13.50 22.00 14.75 24.00
Orping........0. IG.0O vevve BVO >. aisiss
After May 10th deduct Mixed Ic., Pullets 2c.
Free New Catalogue Calendar
THE RELIABLE HATCHERIES
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ORDER
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from Gov’t. Blééd Tested Flocks NOW.
Feb. 24 to May2to .
May \ Pullets May \5 Pullets
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20.00
22.00
12.75
14.00
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13.75 21.00
15.00 25.00
1
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Heavy Breed,
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“Did Blonde Lose Her Girdle’—
asks a headline. Maybe there was
some “foundation” for the story,
eh girls?
Strange as it may sound, says
Knotty Frankie, a good wife makes a
fine husband.
o* *
It seems almost too much to
expect, but someday the guys
who are mis-running the C.B.C.
news service will discover that
listeners would like. to hear the
news.
+ *
Sometimes, says the Bad Egg from
Crow’s Nest, it’s hard to tell whether
fools make money or money makes
fools. rs
ISN’T THIS TERRIBLE
Communication from Mister Gloom
declares that the price of liquor in
Alberta, compared with other’ Prov-
inces, is so high he feels in-TAX-icated
by merely smelling a cork.
+ *
Li’] Goldilocks, our office vamp,
tells us that a man with a past is
only interesting when a girl can be
sure it is past.
* *
Incidentally, we may. add, Goldi-
locks is not interested in this column.
+. *
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
Mary of Carbon says that next
fall she intends to send us a
bouquet on our birthday. We’re
not surprised. She has already
sent in her subscription to this
great family journal in order to
secure her premium of gladiolus
bulbs. —
: * +
You may find knowledge in books,
but wisdom you have to discover for
yourself. he
THREE NO TRUMPS.
—_— ——_- ——_—- ——_ Con-r— ”
New U.F.A. Locals include:
Mill Creek, south of Edmonton,
organized by William Runte; 8S. V.
Sandberg, president, and L. A. Job
secretary.
Eastervale, near Hughenden; Stew-
art Wright president and H. 8. Wight
secretary. me,
—_——_ —_ —_ —__0--_----
In the course of a Western tour,
the Governor-General and Princess
Alice will visit Edmonton on March
26th and 27th, and Calgary on April
2ist and 22nd.
HAMBLEY
Electric Chicks
Whether you live in Manitoba,
Saskatchewan, Alberta or B.C.,
Hambley can give you good ser-
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all hatched from Government-
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Stock. Place your order with
cash in full direct from this ad- ~
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Illustrated Catalogue.
100% Arr. Gtd. .., Man, Sask. Alta.
a: Se ee eee 100 $11.25 $12.00 $11.75
Wr ENON Racikcccascecune 50 5.90 6.50 6.25
Ws MN iki cewccisuans 25 3.00 3.60 3.25
iL ae 100 24.00 24.00 24.00
Fs 50 12.50 12.50 12.50
98 Accuracy...........) 25 6.25 6.25 6.25
W. L. Cockerels............100 3.00 3.00 3.
Barred Rocks ........--- 100 12.75 13.25 13.75
Fg walle eee eer eee 50 ‘6.75 7.00 7.25
B, Minorcas.---. -.------ ) 2% 380 3.76 3.7
Bitte PONG iscicuees cde 100 19.00 20.00 21.00
Hamp. Pullets.........-.} 50 10.00 10.50 °11.00
98 Acc. Gtd.___- ‘ 25 5.25 6.50 656.50
i War SO csccwaeule R j
B. Orpingtons............--100
Wi WHOORR occ ccusecs oon, b- 100 13.50 13.50
May 10 reduce 1c Chicks, Pullets 2.
HAMBLEY R.0.P. SIRED CHICKS
Our Portage and Brandon Hatcheries will pro-
duce only R.O.P. Sired Chicks for 1941. ‘
Per 100 | Mar.to Pul- May 11 Pul-
i May 10 lets June 10 _ lets.
a 14.75 22.00 13.75
15.50 25.00 14.50 23.00
HAMBLEY’S CHICK ZONE
A Teaspoconful per gallon of water sterilizes,
cleanses tiny digestive tract. Keeps Chicks
healthy and thriving. 6-02. 35c; ppd.; 12-02.
65c ppd; 40-0z. $1.00 Collect; Half Gallon $1.25
Collect.
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607-1st St. E., Calgary 10132-99th St., Edmonton
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nested hens with records of
200 eggs and better behind
them. Costs no more to buy
the best.
REAL COMMERCIAL VALUE
March and April Delivery
Per 100 Per 100
White Leghorns__.....-.'...- $13.75 Pullets $26.00
Barred Rocks, Rhode Island “°
Reds, New Hampshires _.__ 15.75 Pullets 23.00
Buff Orvingtons. _.-__.....-- 15.75 Pullets 25.00
Substantial reductions in 500 and 1000 lot orders.
Standard Quality $2.00 per 100 less than above prices.
Free Colored Catalogue and Entry Form on Big Poul-
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icks.
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Johnson’s Special Quality Chicks,
selected hens mated to pedigreed males.
97% accuracy on pullets guaranteed.
Prices for March and April delivery:
100 100
White Leghorns_$13.75 Pullets $26.00
Barred Rocks ___ 15.75 Pullets 23.00
New Hampshires 15.75 Pullets 23.00
Rhode Isd. Reds 15.75 Pullets 23.00
Standard Quality Chicks $2.00 per
hundred below prices quoted.
Send for tileetrated catalogue.
R. S. JOHNSON’S
HATCHERY
10172 - 98th STREET, EDMONTON, Alta.
Strong Creek U.F.A., near Roma,
passed a resolution at their last meet-
ing asking for a pegged wheat price
of $1 for the first 1,500 bushels; or,
alternatively, equalization of freight
rates on wheat.
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I March 2ist, 1941 THE WESTERN FARM LEADER (95) 15
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SELECT VIGO-PEP CHICKS eum Price: 3 cents per word per insertion; 5 insertions for the price of 4; 9 in- "a ae ry Rees ale St Cuan
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Guide booklet and catalogue contains muc . rr >
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Leghorns....:. $11.75 $24.00 $10.75 $22.00 8 inch 59c; 10 inch 64c; 11-1/2 inch 69c; positions Peo Pleasant, steady, bigger Southern Alberta Dairy Pool, 706 11th
Leg. Goukerels.: BOO cc, SB sens 14 inch 84c; delivered Soe ehiltane Tae tae eee eve, 5, Calgary, or write Western Farm
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Wyandottes..... 15.00 24.00 14.00 22.00
Heavy Cock’ls..10.00 .... 10.00 ....
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Canada’s new Governor-General, the Earl
of Athlone, and H.R.H. Princess Alice,
are rapidly making themselves familiar with
many aspects of the life of our people in
war-time. In the fpicture, left, Princess
Alice is seen during 4 recent visit to Toronto,
where a group of tiny children, some of
them evacuated. from Britain since the
Manpower from tadie Swells Anti-Nazt
Troops from India have already played an
important role in the fighting in Africa.
_ They are taking part in the campaign which
is sealing the doom of Mussolini’s East Afri-
can Empire, after giving fine service in
Libya. Some may be available to assist
in meeting Hitler’s challenge in'the Near
East; and if the spotlight of conflict is
turned to the Far East. large numbers
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bombings began, smiled and curtsied as
she talked to them: As the older war guest
came forward to shake hands with the
Princess, one-or two of the smaller children
mimicked their elders. The Governor-Gen-
-eral is show, right, during a visit to the
plant of General Motors at Oshawa, where
gun tractors and military vehicles are made.
may participate there. Burma, a former
‘ Province of India, borders on Thailand and
French Indo-China. Malaya, Singapore and
the Netherlands East Indies are not far away.
The peace-time strength of the Indian
army, excluding British troops, is 160,000
men. This number is being expanded to
500,000, and more than 100,000 recruits have
already been trained, while additions are
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artime Scenes---Canada and an Empire Frontier
The Earl watches David Nothaft, inspector
on the assembly line, apply a gauge. During
this visit the Princess, who accompanied
the Governor, sent 15,000 lbs. of préssure
down on a piece of steel by pressing a but-
ton, and later examined with interest the
finished product.
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Armed Forces
being made at the rate of 12,000 to 15,000
per month. Some 60,000 are serving over-
seas in the United Kingdom, Middle East,
Aden and Malaya. . Many of the best warriors
come from India’s northwest frontier, extend-
ing up to the Khyber pass, (above), which is
shown patrolled by British tanks. British
forces are there, and Indians, many of them
under British officers.
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